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TopicKavad Banchana

Topic: Kavad Banchana

How ‘portable’ Kavad shrines of Rajasthan tell stories of gods & epics

The tradition of kavad banchana involves carrying the kavad to different places, mostly homes of the patrons, and narrating stories from epics such as the Mahabharata or Ramayana.

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